Word: washing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then her network kicks in. Pure white lint has long been the hardest to come by (not so in the days before disposable diapers). "After Christmas is always great lint," Barron says. "People wash things for the first time. And new towels. I can always tell when the neighbors buy new towels. There's some wonderful psychic energy going on around me when people do their wash...
...into Government, evidently felt entitled to recoup as much as possible. C. McClain Haddow, former chief of staff at the Department of Health and Human Services, was indicted last month for fraudulently obtaining $33,540 from the "T. Bear Foundation," which he helped create to encourage children to wash their hands...
While McFarlane came across as a good soldier, his earnest admissions did not wash with Indiana Democrat Lee Hamilton, chairman of the House panel. "I appreciate your willingness to shoulder great responsibility," Hamilton told the witness. "But I cannot accept that answer . . . You cannot, it seems to me, accept responsibility for mistakes, as admirable as that may be, and thereby absolve the President of responsibility." Outside the hearings, & Democratic Senator George Mitchell of Maine was more colorful. "McFarlane's testimony of the President's personal involvement," he said, "does tend to indicate that the water is lapping at the walls...
There are many things that Americans do not mind. They are, after all, an indulgent people. Many do not care that their leaders skim the fine print of treaties or are sometimes forgetful. But pretending to be one thing while being another just does not wash. Like claiming not to be a womanizer and then getting caught in what resembled a tryst. Like declaring that America does not bargain with terrorists and then secretly seeking deals with them. In a democracy, hypocrisy is a mortal political...
...seekers are discovering that smoking can endanger their careers. Newspaper classified advertisements frequently specify that employers are looking for "nonsmokers only." One of the first questions asked of job applicants at Vanguard Electronic Tool in Redmond, Wash.: "Do you smoke?" If the answer is yes, the interview is over. That is perfectly legal. On the other hand, federal laws forbid an employer to discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion or marital status...